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Philada [Philadelphia] Dec. 20,
1862
Dear Mama.
Yesterday I went with Mother, May, James Clarke & tribe to Wm Turners to see the Philada Refresht Room for Soldiers: a respectable rough eating place, about which great [word unclear] is felt. “Much cry & little wool”, it seemed to me. Then I walked about the City, & never saw so much extravagance & show in Phil.a before. The war is not felt and the abolition Pharisees having set the house on fire rub their hands & chuckle to see how splendidly it burns. I could not stay here many days, without blowing a blast that would make their ears tingle, – and am glad to go this Afternoon. To-night I expect to be at Emily Tuckermans, & spend two days in New York City. After that, no plan. In answer to this, please say just how you all

Philada [Philadelphia] Dec. 20,
1862
Dear Mama.
Yesterday I went with Mother, May, James Clarke & tribe to Wm Turners to see the Philada Refresht Room for Soldiers: a respectable rough eating place, about which great [word unclear] is felt. “Much cry & little wool”, it seemed to me. Then I walked about the City, & never saw so much extravagance & show in Phil.a before. The war is not felt and the abolition Pharisees having set the house on fire rub their hands & chuckle to see how splendidly it burns. I could not stay here many days, without blowing a blast that would make their ears tingle, – and am glad to go this Afternoon. To-night I expect to be at Emily Tuckermans, & spend two days in New York City. After that, no plan. In answer to this, please say just how you all